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Mirjam Swanson GLENDALE -- Somebody, please, challenge this team. Obviously opponents didn't enjoy it much. But, at this point, even the members of the No. 2-seeded Hoover boys' tennis team are fed up with breezing through playoff matches against overmatched Montebello Schurr and Paramount. Breezing through like, well, Tornadoes. Hoover has pulled off back-to-back 18-0 shutouts, victories in which the entire roster was able to contribute. It might not be "some kind of record", as freshman No. 2 singles player Sam Tadevosian concluded, but it is true that no other team in the CIF Southern Section Division I draw has twice recorded the same lopsided results thus far. The only other shutouts belonged to Hoover's opponent today, Diamond Bar, which beat Fontana A.B. Miller, 18-0, in the first round, Anaheim Esperanza, which shut down Redlands in the second round, Rolling Hills Estates Peninsula, which blanked Santa Ana in the first, and Santa Monica, which didn't allow a set to Pico Rivera El Rancho in the first.

GLENDALE — Without question, the Crescenta Valley High boys’ tennis team ran into its toughest opponent this season. Unfortunately for Crescenta Valley, it came a bit too early in the CIF Southern Section Division II playoffs. The Falcons saw their season conclude Thursday afternoon with a 16-2 road loss to second-seeded Diamond Bar in a first-round match. Crescenta Valley (10-7) opened its playoff run Tuesday with a 10-8 wild-card road victory against Etiwanda.

BOYS’ TENNIS Glendale at Valencia, 3 p.m.: The Nitros (12-6) opened the playoffs Tuesday with a 12-6 home victory against Nipomo in a Division II wild-card match. Things figure to get a lot tougher for the Nitros, who must face the fourth-seeded Vikings (19-1). Glendale finished third in the Pacific League, while Valencia captured the Foothill League championship. The Nitros will turn to their No. 1 doubles team of Nick Daka and Mike Astorian, who are 40-3 this season.

GLENDALE ? Throughout the regular season, the Crescenta Valley High boys? tennis team could usually rely on its three doubles teams to lead them to success. Now, the Falcons are looking to use the same formula in the postseason. Crescenta Valley got quality efforts from its doubles squads Tuesday afternoon to post a 10-8 road victory against Etiwanda in a CIF Southern Section Division II wild-card match. ?It?s been like that all year long,? said Sarah Wiggins, whose team won eight double sets.

MCDONALD — STEWART Wendy McDonald and Ian Stewart, both of Diamond Bar, were married in Upland. The Rev. Carl Witt officiated. A reception followed at the Glendora Women's Club, where bagpipes were played in recognition of the couple's Scottish heritage. The matron of honor was Darcy Ross. The bridesmaids were Laura Boschen, Chrissy Whitman and the bride's sister Kimberley Panarelli. The best man was David Ross and the groomsmen were Brad Aubuchon, Norm Bogenschild and Greg McDonald.

The Crescenta Valley varsity softball team had little trouble with visiting Pasadena Muir last Thursday, crushing the Mustangs, 21-0, in Pacific League play. With their sixth straight victory, the Falcons improved to 8-4 overall and to 2-0 in league. Participating in the Charter Oak High Tournament, CV played Diamond Bar last Saturday and Wednesday, but results were not available at press time. The Falcons will continue competing in the tournament tomorrow (Saturday), but due to spring break, will not play again until April 18 when they will host Glendale in a 3:15 p.m. league contest.

LA CANADA - There was one brief departure from what was a defensive-oriented game in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division III girls' soccer playoffs at Flintridge Prep Tuesday. Unfortunately for the Rebels, it was the Brahmas that enjoyed the respite, scoring the game's first and only goal in the 42nd minute off a long throw-in for the 1-0 victory. The manner in which Diamond Bar scratched out the game's lone tally didn't surprised Prep Coach Esteban Chavez. “I didn't know, but I thought if they scored it would be on a long throw because they're good at it, they're dangerous,” Chavez said.

MURRIETA - A mixture of frustration and satisfaction best summed up the feelings of Crescenta Valley High's Jocelyn Chia and Burbank's Irene Maemura immediately following the pair's season-ending efforts at Thursday's 2012 CIF-Women's Southern California Golf Assn. girls' Southern California Championship at the Golf Club at Rancho California. Both shot above the cut line of 72, which was par for the 18-hole course, and thus were unable to advance to Tuesday's state girls' golf championship at Red Hill Country Club in Rancho Cucamonga.

LA CRESCENTA - Nothing came easy to the Crescenta Valley High boys' soccer team in its second-round playoff game against visiting Diamond Bar on Tuesday, except for the air of self-assuredness that comes with a 23-match unbeaten streak. The Falcons didn't score until there were just 14 minutes left in the match, when Pavle Atanackovic put his fourth goal of the postseason away on a breakaway, but took solace in their plethora of chances over the first 66 minutes and relied on their rock-solid defense to ensure no further scoring would be necessary to advance to the CIF Southern Section Division IV quarterfinals after a 1-0 home win. "We believed that we were going to win," said Atanackovic, who scored all three goals in the Falcons' 3-2 come-from-behind, sudden-death win over Laguna Beach on Thursday.

When the St. Francis High and Crescenta Valley boys' soccer teams take to the field for their respective CIF Southern Section division home matches today, they will do so facing opponents whom they eliminated from the playoffs last year. St. Francis Coach Glen Appels and Crescenta Valley Coach Grant Clark haven't lost sight of that and have reminded their players about the added incentive their opponents will have. St. Francis (8-8-8) will meet Ventura (20-0-7) in a Division I match and third-seeded Crescenta Valley (17-0-6)

By Edgar Melik-Stepanyan, Special to the News-Press | February 17, 2012

SOUTHEAST GLENDALE - The seniors on the Glendale High boys' basketball team promised before the season that they wouldn't graduate without giving Coach Steve Snodgress his first playoff win in his 16-year tenure. They fulfilled their promise Friday. The Nitros fought off a number of challenges from a scrappy Diamond Bar team and never trailed in a 56-49 home win in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division IA playoffs. It was the program's first postseason victory since a 56-54 triumph against Santa Monica on Feb. 16, 1993 in the first round of the Division IAA playoffs.

The following are previews of today's CIF Southern Section division playoff games involving local teams. GIRLS' SOCCER Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy at Capistrano Valley, 3 p.m.: The Tologs (13-4-3) will begin their quest to repeat as CIF Southern Section Division I champions by entering their opening-round match riding a five-match unbeaten streak. Flintridge Sacred Heart, which finished second in the Mission League behind Harvard-Westlake, is the lone second-place finisher out of eight in the division to take part in a road contest.

Patricia B. Adams, Sr. passed away on January 24 th at the age of 85.The daughter of Dora and Michael Halpin, she was born in Springfield, Illinois, and moved to Glendale in 1944 where she lived until her death. Pat worked since the age of fourteen and retired from Baxter Healthcare in 1992. Volunteer work was Pat's passion. She served as a volunteer for the American Red Cross Glendale Chapter for forty years, working at the V.A. Hospital...

Throughout most of the season, Jocelyn Chia has consistently relied on her short game. It helped the Crescenta Valley High girls' golfer win the Pacific League individual championship for the first time and then played a role in getting her through the CIF Southern Section Northern Individual Regionals. On Monday at the CIF Southern Section Individual Final Championships at Talega Golf Club in San Clemente, Chia's short game temporarily deserted her. She found it in time to keep her season going, however.

TORRANCE —Locked in a scoreless tie with North Torrance late in the second half, Michael Shahnazarians and the Falcons took advantage of a fortuitous break that resulted in their season staying alive. Shahnazarians scored with 16 minutes remaining to lift visiting Crescenta Valley to a 1-0 win Wednesday afternoon in a CIF Southern Section Division IV second-round match. Shahnazarians corralled a rebound and lined a low shot past North Torrance goalkeeper James Lisardi, who had just stopped a shot by Alex Berger.

LA CRESCENTA — After winning its CIF Southern Section Division IV first-round match Friday afternoon, the Crescenta Valley High boys' soccer team erased forgettable memories of last season's unexpectedly short-lived playoff run, in which they were upset after winning a program-first Pacific League title. More importantly, however, the sudden-death goal from Alex Berger that put an end to a nailbiter played on a wet field at Crescenta Valley High put the Falcons into the second round and raises the possibility of a deep playoff run after going undefeated in the Pacific League and winning league yet again.